Cher [Import]

Cher | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Geffen
• ASIN: B000000OYK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,707 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cher sang really glam-orous rock, November 15, 2005

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Robin Orlowski "political activist" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cher (Audio CD)

I stumbled upon this album one day while browsing through music. I was familiar with her 1989 "Heart of Stone" release but not this 1987 self-titled album. It really an underrated treasure.

I liked "I found someone" and "We all sleep alone" but I also liked the overall song of "Main Man". I really like the opening notes of "We all sleep alone".

There's not a song on this album I dislike, Cher's powerful vocals sound great performing album-oriented rock material. I can hear and feel the emotions each song is supposed to convey. Diane Warren's songwriting and the production assistance from members of Bon Jovi were the perfect formula.

I wish Cher had stayed with this type of material instead of trying to go into techno-disco.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cher's most diverse comeback, August 18, 2000

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Vincent M. Mastronardi (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cher (Audio CD)

Cher is always on the cutting edge, but often its do to the fact that the record company is on at the time is really striving for a hit. In the case of her self titled 1987 LP, it was David Geffen's brain child to bring back Cher as a hard rock queen, but with songs that aren't to rough. Its power chords meets a light AC feel for the most part on the album "Cher".

It begins with three big hit pieces. First is her big comeback hit in "I Found Someone". It's edgy with a lot of force. She battles her way to find new love with smoky vocals on top of guitar rock sounds. "We All Sleep Alone" is a smart power ballad with Bon Jovi's style as they craft this work with a combo of rock sounds and biting lyrics like "You may have lovers wherever you roam, but sooner or later, we all sleep alone." It's meaningful in a world that has too many people desperate for love. "Bang Bang" is a semi interesting rock take on the original, which was kind of an odd folk rock number.

Then the album just goes into another area all together. You get Cher combining her voice with the womanly anthem of "Perfection" with Darlene Love and Bonnie Tyler. It's pop perfect indeed with a slight rock edge. You also get really hard numbers like "Dangerous Times" and "Give Our Love..." not to mention pristine ballads like the lovely "Hard Enough Getting Over You" and the solid lyric work of "Main Man". Cher strikes an even more rebellious song for the working gals with the pop rock of...well, "Working Girl".

The real winner is a dance track out of the realms of Madonna's club scene. "Skin Deep" is an outrageous blend of bass, drum and keyboard that resembles eighties pop fever. It doesn't really fit on this Cher rock album, but its an unexpected joy and separates from the near sad tones of love, loss and fighting for independence in the other songs. It's just kooky dance that is simpler yet more magical then her sexual disco records.

In all, a great short set of Cher songs, but not her most famous of even the eighties. That would be the full on AC rock of "Heart Of Stone", but "Cher" with it's new ideals on even old music is trend setting. The sad fact is though, many credit Cher's huge name in motion pictures for making this set a hit, while others just the unbeatable rock sound of the time. I would hope that fans will check this one out for something different and really appreciate the woman for trying new things and making them work.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Stuff, July 21, 2001

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This review is from: Cher (Audio CD)

Cher has recorded five albums (I think) in the 80s: "Prisoner" in 1980, "I Paralyze" in 1982, "Cher" in 1987, "Outrageous" in the same year, and "Heart of Stone" in 1989. I think even after the triple-platinum "Heart of Stone" and all the others, Cher's self-titled album has to be the best album recorded in the 80s. She has a powerful voice on "Main Man," "We All Sleep Alone," and basically the whole CD. This is a MUST for Cher fans.